Will hoey

[spencerwood]

Hi,

 

I am thinking about purchasing an Eglu. I have a smallish garden and would need to put the back of Eglu fairly close up to the fence. I am worried this will be a nightmare when it comes to sliding out the tray from underneath. Does anyone know what clearance would be required to remove the tray.

 

An alternative, not sure if this is possible though, would be to disconnect the Eglu from the run, twist the Eglu round 90 degrees and then remove the tray. Would this be feasible?

 

Many thanks

 

 

Spencer

 

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[TAJ]

Removing the run everytime would be a pain - it is 4 bolts/washers to remove & replace. Once the poo tray is half out you can move it sideways a bit as it is an L shape (big end first) as it goes around the nesting box - I would say you need 60cam clearance at the bacl at least to get it out.

 

Tracy

[Egluntyne]

You need at least a metre clearance. I agree, dismantling things every time will be a pain.

[atsw]

Dismantling is not an option.

 

I've positioned my Eglu in the WIR such that I can just get the poo tray out. It's just under 3ft from the end of the Eglu to the woodwork of the WIR (my panels, which you can see in the picture, are 3ft wide).

 

 

As TAJ said, the tray is L-Shaped and can be turned and pulled towards you after the first bit is extracted.

 

Andrew

[TAJ]

Yes mine is only one patio slab from the end and I can get the tray out - it is well less than 1m as the whole eglu is only 85cm and you can manover it sideways after the first bit of the tray is out.

 

Tracy

[spencerwood]

Thats fantastic - thanks for all your help. I'll have another measure up and make sure it will all work out.

 

Out of interest how often does the tray need to be cleaned out?

 

 

Thanks

 

 

Spencer

 

 

 

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[Falkor]

I poo pick the and poop trays daily but you could do it every other day depending on how many hens are in your . I empty them completly once a week and give them a wash along with the rest of the .

 

At the moment my is in my WIR as two newbies are living in it while introductions take place and the is butted right up to the fence so NO room to remove the poop tray. I poop pick through the egg port. The roosting bars fit through the poo port so i just take them out and then remove the poo by hand (with gloves!). It isn`t ideal but I can`t face moving the everyday and this is only tempoary. My point is that it is possible

 

I also should point out that my poop trays are a good inch deep with Aubiose horse bedding so the poo never really touches the plastic of the tray and is almost sparkly clean except for the edges on clean out day